Project Commissioning Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Apr 16, 2025. Job Bridge Global scores A on the Alion truth index.
Notes: This job is in Renfrew in the UK. We advertise in Trinidad to pick up local search engines. Additionally, we do not take money from candidates at any stage of the recruitment process.
Our Clients Asset Management function is a highly specialised engineering services and equipment provider, supporting customers to minimise cost, maximise return and mitigate risk through their asset integrity lifecycle. We are recruiting exceptional candidates to join our mission in becoming a fully certified Asset Management engineering services provider of both consultancy and integrated projects, across future global low carbon energy and infrastructure markets.
The Plant Performance and Operations team within our Asset Management business area provides support services to the Nuclear & Defence, Process & Energy, Power Generation and Oil & Gas sectors across their whole asset lifecycle. Within this team we have an opening for a Project Commissioning Manager to lead and manage all the commissioning activities on an assigned project. This would be office based during the engineering, procurement and construction phases and then transition into a site based role to manage and lead the field commissioning.
The role reports directly into the General Manager - Performance and Operation.
Key Responsibilities:
The Project Commissioning Manager would be responsible for the following activities:
- Support the commissioning input to new proposal including the development of the commissioning strategy and execution plan, level 2 commissioning programme, and a cost, time , resource plan.
- Participate in the key design reviews such as P&ID, Equipment Layout, and HAZOP to ensure that the commissioning requirements are incorporated into the design of the facilities.
- To attend regular project progress meetings both at site and in the office.
- Develop the project commissioning strategy and execution plan.
- To ensure that all site work is conducted with due regard to maintaining the Health and Safety of the personnel involved, and that all statutory, site and company regulations and procedures regarding Health and Safety are complied with.
- Manage the day-to-day activities of the site commissioning team, comprising commissioning discipline lead engineers, commissioning engineers and technicians, operations and maintenance specialists, and sub-contractors.
- Ensure commissioning activities are undertaken in line with the commissioning programme and in accordance with the commissioning procedures.
- Ensure all commissioning dossiers are maintained with up-to-date check sheets and commissioning records.
- To manage the commissioning resource in line with the site requirements, programme and budget.
- To manage the site commissioning costs in line with program budgets and reported as necessary.
- To ensure that all the Client or Sub-contractor interfaces are coordinated to ensure that all commissioning activities are performed in a safe and efficient manner.
- To ensure that all personnel, commercial and technical problems, or potential problems are identified and dealt with professionally and promptly, minimising the Company’s exposure to risk and safeguarding Client relationships.
- Support the development of project specific commissioning and test procedures, ensuring they are reviewed and approved for use.
- Support as required Factory and Site Acceptance Tests.
Requirements
The candidate who should ideally have a bachelor's degree or HND in mechanical, process or EC&I engineering and/or have significant and relevant time served commissioning experience with a background in the energy, process or hydrocarbon industry. The position requires extensive experience with systems completion process including systemisation and mechanical completion, commissioning & start-up planning, systems walkdown & punch-list management.
Experience in the commissioning of the following equipment and systems is required:
11kV / 400V switchgear and distribution boards
11kV / 400V Transformers
Process equipment
Vendor packages such as air compressors and emergency diesel generators
Variable speed drives and electric motors
PLC systems (SCADA, ICSS, SIS, ESD)
Fire and Gas detection systems
Benefits
Private Healthcare
4% Pension Contribution
Certificate of Sponsorship, Immigration Charge, Visa Entry, Visa Health surcharge and Flight costs included
10% Annual bonus from qualifying period.
Accommodation provided for 1 month upon arrival.
Relocation package included